My Facebook profile says that I have 353 friends. My LinkedIn profile claims 614 connections. I think we all know the number of true friends among those is barely double digits. I am thankful for many great relationships with colleagues past and present, with so many people from my years growing up in Winchester, Kentucky that I'm …
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Reconciliation
A few weeks ago I saw a Facebook post from someone I follow that read: "Whoever apologizes first is bravest. Whoever forgives first is strongest. Whoever forgets first is happiest." A Web search will reveal other slight variations of the quote. I'm not sure to whom the quote should be attributed, but it's wise regardless of …
The Danger of Fill-In-the-Blank Relationships
I spent a wonderful few hours yesterday with a dear friend from high school, Valary. Except for a recent class reunion, I don't recall that we've crossed paths geographically since our graduation in 1975. We're connected online via Facebook, but with her living in California and me in Kentucky, opportunities to catch up in person …
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I Said Goodbye To a Friend Today
Note: I wrote the following on March 15 after a visit with a friend in the hospital, thinking that it would be the last time I saw him this side of heaven. He defied the odds and remained with us for nearly two more months, allowing me the opportunity to visit him again. Still, I …
How Do You Measure Friendship?
My wife came home last Friday after more than two weeks of being in the hospital and rehab following knee-replacement surgery. It so happened that I had to be heading out of town at the very hour she was checking out of rehab because I was scheduled to officiate at an out-of-town wedding for the …
